Migration of the highly skilled : can Europe catch up with the US?

Lydia Mechtenberg; Roland Strausz

We develop a model to analyze the determinants and effects of an endogenous imperfect transferability of human capital on natives and immigrants. The model reveals that high migration flows and high skill-transferability are mutually interdependent. Moreover, we show that high mobility within a Federation is necessary to attract highly skilled immigrants into the Federation. We study in how far and in what way the European public policy behind the Bologna and the Lisbon Process can contribute to higher mobility in Europe. -- human capital ; migration ; transferability ; public policy

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Mechtenberg, Lydia ; Strausz, Roland
Publisher:	Berlin : SFB 649, Economic Risk
Subject:	Brain Drain \| Brain drain \| Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Highly skilled workers \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| EU-Bildungspolitik \| EU education policy \| EU-Wirtschaftspolitik \| EU economic policy \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries